Nature Photography

Hello again, this is my second post for today, this time on nature photography. I got some good shots I think you guys will enjoy while I was walking on the Soos Creek Trail I mentioned in my last post.

So the first photo I have here is a close up of some moss on a fence post.

Closeup of white-ish moss on a post.

I really liked this picture. Something about the moss up close and the huge difference in depth really makes it look good in my opinion.

This next picture is another closeup of moss but this time it's on the side of a tree.

Moss on the side of a tree I saw.

I think I like this picture for the same reason as the other picture, but also because of the amount of color in the moss, along with the contrast between the grayness of the tree and the yellow-green of the moss. Onto the next picture, this time it's not just a picture of moss I swear.

I thought this picture was pretty good but the I don't like the amount of blur in this. Too bad this was the only tree picture I got. Regardless, I think the contrast of the gray sky and green trees looks pretty alright.

I'll leave this last post with the question of what is your favorite angle to take pictures from: below, on the same level, or from above the subject?

Origami Dragonfly

Today I decided to create an origami dragonfly. The steps for this design was pretty simple, but was still fun to create. It was a unique design with many folds I have never tried before. the origami dragonfly began with the basic bird base, which was the same starting base for a paper crane.

After that, there were many steps that required you to fold the corners into small pockets in order to create a different shape for the wings (Kasahara 32). One of the steps stated "Roll up [the triangle] to create its head" (Kasahara 32). These folds were unique to me and it has allowed me to learn some techniques that may be helpful when I create other origami designs. The origami dragonfly was different from other creations I have made before because of how it has depth in its folds. Overall, this origami design was very fun to make and has taught me new folds that will be useful in the future.

Question: Have you learned new folds through making origami? Which one and from which origami design?

Kasahara, Kunihiko. Extreme Origami. New York: Sterling Pub., 2002. Print.